David Axelrod actually said...

"It is a disaster for Democrats if this doesn't move forward."

"They now have numbers and they want to use that leverage."

"It is really, really destructive for democracy if people fundamentally their reaction to an election is, if I don't win -- I'm going to claim fraud."

"Polling indicates that they were breaking heavily for Newsom and I think part of it is they don't want to be associated with the right wing extreme Republicans."